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| <h1 class="Head">Automatic Updates</h1> |
| <p class="Intro">The following preferences can be changed on the <a class="command-link" href= |
| 'javascript:executeCommand("org.eclipse.ui.window.preferences(preferencePageId=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler.AutomaticUpdatesPreferencePage)")'> |
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| Updates</strong></a> preference page:</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Option</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Description</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Default</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Automatically find new updates and notify me</p> |
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| <p class="Para">When selected, the system will automatically search for updates, as defined by the update |
| schedule</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Off</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Update Schedule</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Look for updates on each startup, or once a day or some day a week, at a predefined time.</p> |
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| <p class="Para">On startup</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Download Options</p> |
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| <p class="Para">This option allows you to choose between having Eclipse search for updates and notifying you |
| of them once they are available or having Eclipse automatically download new updates and asking you to |
| install them.</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Search and notify</p> |
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| <p class="Para">When updates are found</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Choose to be notified about new updates only once, or to receive reminders until the updates |
| are installed.</p> |
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| <p class="Para">Notify once</p> |
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| <h3 class="related">Related tasks</h3><a href="../tasks/tasks-120.htm">Updating the installation</a><br> |
| <a href="../tasks/tasks-124.htm">Installing new software</a> |
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